A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
Neal Page er sjef i et reklamebyrå og det eneste han ønsker seg er å dra hjem til Chicago for å tilbringe Thanksgiving sammen med familien. Men det eneste Neal Page får er elendighet. Elendighet ved navn Del Griffith - en høylydt, men ikke desto mindre elskverdig selger som tar Neal med på en vill ferd på kryss og tvers av landet, og hindrer Neal i å få spist Thanksgiving-kalkunen sin. Steve Martin (Neal) og John Candy (Del) er helt herlige som to typer med en egen evne til å gjøre det verste ut av en dårlig situasjon. Smertefullt, morsomt eller ganske enkelt vanvittig - Neal og Del får oppleve det meste i ”Neste stopp Chicago”. Enhver reisendes mareritt i en komedie som plutselig blir til virkelighet!
Rob Gordon er singel. En singel omgitt av tusenvis av LP-plater, både hjemme og i platebutikken han eier. Kjæresten Laura har akkurat forlatt ham og blitt enda et nummer i hans bedrøvelige statistikk over eks-kjærester. Hvorfor klarer han aldri å holde på et eneste forhold? Er det platene og musikken, eller er det fordi han rett og slett er en dovenpels? Desperat og patetisk begynner han å lete etter årsaken til fiaskoen. Ingen slipper unna. Selv ikke klassevenninner fra barneskolen! Snart innser han at det bare finnes ett eneste forhold han ikke bare blir i, men faktisk ikke klarer å komme ut av. Nemlig det til kameratene i platebutikken. Men den egosentriske besserwisseren Barry og den sjenerte musikk-eksperten Dick har ikke snøring på hva Rob søker. I deres verden staves nemlig kjærlighet med fem bokstaver: V-I-N-Y-L.
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
Filmen følger surfe- og skateboardingtrendene som startet i California på 70-tallet.
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' friendship.
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
A search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Danny goes through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east coast of Australia. Together these vignettes form a narrative that is surprisingly reflective.
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's amateur-night contest, take on religious protesters, even rob a convenience store!
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up with his old girlfriend, Amy.
The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the tournament.
A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood.
Den hjertevarme historien om Drew Baylor, en designer i skuddet, som en skjebnesvanger dag får livet snudd på hodet. På vei til Elizabethtown for å besøke familien møter han Claire. Hun er vakker, ustoppelig positiv og hun har bestemt seg for å følge Drew på hans reise tilbake til hjembyen og lære ham hva det vil si å leve og elske. Av og til kommer det en film som tar deg til et sted der hjertet, humoren, fantastisk musikk og en uforglemmelig historie smelter sammen … velkommen til Elizabethtown.
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.
In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. To seal their friendship, Mona introduces Tamsin to her born-again Christian brother and helps her spy on her adulterous father. Bound together by their secrets, the two girls see their friendship deepen and enter into dangerous waters.
Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.
A washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, he decides to oppose the young star with talent of his own.
Edward Carnby is a private investigator specializing in unexplainable supernatural phenomena. His cases delve into the dark corners of the world, searching for truth in the occult remnants of ancient civilizations. Now, the greatest mystery of his past is about to become the most dangerous case he has ever faced.